Senior Software Engineer (backend, applications)

at  Splunk

Splunk is here to build a safer and more resilient digital world. The world’s leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. While customers love our technology, it’s our people that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination and why we’ve won so many awards as a best place to work. If you become a Splunker, we want your whole, authentic self, what we call your “million data points”. So bring your work experience, problem-solving skills and talent, of course, but also bring your joy, your passion and all the things that make you, you.

REQUIREMENTS:

• 8+ years experience with a Bachelor’s degree in computer science or 3 years with a Masters in Computer Science, or related technical field or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years of professional experience designing and implementing backend microservices using GoLang/Python/Docker/Terraform
• Understanding of modern cloud infrastructure backend best practices as well as experience working with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) and container ecosystems (Docker and Kubernetes)
• Experience in the implementation of complex technical architectures with a team
• Knowledge of distributed computing architectures and principles that solve for scalability, consistency, availability, performance, and reliability
• Experienced with an Agile DevOps engineering environment that effectively uses CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab)
  At Splunk, we believe creating a culture of belonging isn’t just the right thing to do; it’s also the smart thing. We prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging to ensure our employees are supported to bring their best, most authentic selves to work where they can thrive. Qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
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ABOUT THE ROLE:

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Commerce team which is part of the core platform organization within Splunk cloud. The main focus of the team is to provide a set of services to enable Splunk product onboarding and automating the existing Splunk product delivery process.

WHAT YOU’LL GET TO DO:

• Own and be accountable for the delivery of multiple features.
• Build and maintain the infrastructure leveraged by splunk cloud services as well as design and implement APIs needed for the same.
• Help scale our backend systems in a performant, secure, and reliable way
• Partner with leaders from architecture, eng management, and product management on project requirements, designs, and development plans.
• Help identify and develop ways to improve our team’s productivity and efficiency by expanding on our existing tools and processes.
• Collaborate with team members on the design and implementation of frameworks and backend components
• Lead and mentor junior engineers, to help develop their technical skills, communication and careers
• Participate in on-call rotation of the team where you will get an opportunity to work on real customer incidents and improve on that.